Internship Programs Can Support Diversity

(NAPSI)—A growing number of companies believe they can benefit from
efforts to increase the diversity of their management team. One way
corporations can recruit with an eye toward more diversity is by partnering
with intern programs designed to aid in this effort.

A leading corporate internship program has also been described as a leader in promoting diversity.

For example, one such program is described as the nation’s top
provider of professional leadership training and corporate internships for
underserved students in the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico and has been described as a leader in
promoting diversity and inclusion for corporate America for more than 40 years.

Called INROADS, it has trained and coached over 150,000 students and
professionals and served more than 2,000 corporate partners. Plus, a Procter
& Gamble retention study showed that its graduates remain on average two
to three years longer than those hired via other internal or partner
programs.

In DiversityInc.’s 2013 list of the “Top
50 Companies for Diversity,” eight of the top 10 companies are INROADS
partners.